Burying Ukraine's Hope, Wales National Team Qualifies For Qatar 2022 World Cup After 64 Years Of Waiting

Wales national team qualify for the 2022 World Cup. (PHOTO/INSTAGRAM @fawales)

JAKARTA - The Welsh national team has made it to the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals. It was their first appearance at the tournament in 64 years.

The Dragons got tickets for this year's World Cup finals after a 1-0 win over Ukraine in the play-off final at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, June 5. Wales won through an own goal by Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmolenko in the 34th minute.

In this match, Ukraine actually appeared very dominant over their opponent. From their statistics, they excel in possession, making 22 attempts on goal, and nine shots on target.

Wales only made 10 attempts on goal and three hit the target. Unfortunately, Yarmolenko's efforts to block Gareth Bale's free-kick even turned the ball into his own goal mouth.

This success allowed Wales to appear in the finals for the first time since their debut in 1958. This time gap makes them the team with the longest gap in participation in the World Cup.

Wales became the 30th country to pocket tickets to the finals, which will be held from November to December 2022. In Qatar, Bale and his friends will enter Group B with England, Iran, and the United States.

The passage of Wales made the European representatives for this four-year event complete. The remaining two tickets will be awarded to the winners of the intercontinental play-offs which will be won by the United Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and Costa Rica.

The winner of the UAE and Australia match on June 7 will face Peru on June 13. Meanwhile, the remaining tickets will be won by New Zealand and Costa Rica in the match which will be held on June 14.